U.S History

Amendments

100

Abolished Slavery

13th 

200

Gave women the right to vote

19th 

300

Prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol 

18th 

400

Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the US

14th 

500

Prohibits denying the right to vote based on a citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

15th

Vocabulary

100

Process by which immigrants and other minority groups are absorbed into the dominant culture 

Assimilation

200

Ideology based on the belief that a nation is the most important, emphasizing loyalty to one's nation or interests. 

Nationalism 

300

Policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially in the political affairs of other countries. 

Isolationism 

400

Left-leaning political philosophy and reform movement that seeks to advance the human condition through social reforms. 

Progressivism 

500

A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering. This is an economic policy. 

Laissez-Faire

Part 1

100

Railroad led to increasing expansion of the West

Transcontiental Railroad

200

Act which states any citizens meeting certain requirements could occupy 160 acres of government land

Homestead Act

300

This man invented the electric light bulb

Thomas Edison 

400

Laws designed to restrict freedoms of former slaves in 1860s 

Black Codes

500

This invention made the production of steel more economical 

Bessemer Process (Henry Bessemer) 

Part 2

100

Sinking of the British ship with Americans onboard outraged American citizens and eventually led to the US entering WWI

The Lusitania

200

This mans goal was to build a car that everyone could afford. Started producing the Model T in 1905. 

Henry Ford

300

The event that caused the United States to enter WWII

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

400

This man wrote the "Grapes of Wrath," which was based on which era in US History. 

Great Depression 

500

This battle of the turning point in the Pacific in favor of the allied forces 

Battle of Midway. 

Part 3

100

The Cold war was fought over which two ideologies? 

Communism vs. Democracy 

200

This man is responsible for the term "McCarthyism" 

Senator Joseph McCarthy

300

US policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam. 

Vietnamization

400

President impeached on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice

Bill Clinton 

500

What event started the war on terrorism?

The 9/11 terrorist attacks.